The Heritage of Apelles

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Phaidon, 1976 - Art - 250 pages
Part of a four volume set of books which focus on and analyse the art of the Renaissance. This volume deals with the classical themes which were used by the artists of this period.

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Light Form and Texture in FifteenthCentury Painting North
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The Form of Movement in Water and Air 3757
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The Grotesque Heads
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The Heritage of Apelles: Studies in the Art of the Renaissance
Ernst Hans Gombrich
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About the author (1976)

Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, born March 30, 1909, in Vienna, Austria, was educated at Vienna University where he earned a Ph.D. His career includes terms as Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford and Cambridge universities and as Andrew D. White Professor-at-large at Cornell University. Gombrich's books on art and art history have sold as well as some works of fiction. One of his most popular titles is The Story of Art, which has been translated into 18 languages and sold more than two million copies. Other titles are; Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science (with Didier Eribon), Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art, and Gombrich on Art and Psychology. His numerous awards include the Erasmus Prize in 1975, the Hegel Prize in 1976, and the International Balzan Prize in 1985. He holds honorary degrees from various universities, among them Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, and from the Royal College of Art (London), 1981.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Heritage of Apelles
Volume 4 of Collected essays, Ernst H. Gombrich
Volume 3 of Gombrich, Ernst H.: Studies in the art of the Renaissance
Volume 3 of Studies in the art of the Renaissance, Ernst Hans Gombrich
AuthorErnst Hans Gombrich
Editionillustrated
PublisherPhaidon, 1976
Original fromUniversity of Minnesota
DigitizedMar 4, 2010
ISBN0714817082, 9780714817088
Length250 pages
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